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1 General Education Program 1 General EducationProgramRequirements (78-86 units)The General Education requirements at California State University , SanBernardino are designed to assure that all graduates of the University ,whatever their major, have acquired certain essential skills and a broadrange of knowledge appropriate to educated persons in our courses are intended to foster an ability to think clearly andlogically, to find and critically examine information, and to communicate,at an appropriate level, orally and in writing; to acquaint students withthe physical universe and its life forms and to impart an understandingof scientific methodology and of mathematical concepts and quantitativereasoning; to cultivate-through the study of philosophy, literature,languages, and the arts-intellect, imagination, sensibility and sensitivity;and to deal with human social, political and economic institutions and theirhistorical background, with human behavior and the principles of socialinteraction.

2 Upper-division courses include a further requirement in writingas well as integrative capstone courses designed to provide studentswith an understanding of the interrelationships among disciplines andtheir applications to contemporary environments. Multicultural and genderissues are given special attention in these purpose of the General Education Program is not, primarily, to providestudents with a number of possible avenues for specialization. Ratherit is intended to ensure that all students will have a firm grasp of thebasic skills of critical thinking, numerical literacy, and oral and writtencommunication; understand the issues on which they will have to makedecisions; and know something about themselves and the world in whichthey General Education Program requires a minimum of 78 quarterunits.

3 An additional four units may be required to satisfy the Upper-division Writing Requirement. Also, students who do not completethe Multicultural/Gender Requirement with one of the listed capstonecourses (GE-G1) must take one of the courses listed in area GE-G2 for anadditional four substitutions in the General Education Program are possible withoutprior approval of a petition submitted to the Office of Advising andAcademic Services, majors require specific GE courses. Students should consult thecatalog for their major's requirements or contact the : Courses in Category A should be completed before a studentreaches upper-division standing. For upper-division transfer students, thiscategory should be completed within the first 32 units taken at CaliforniaState University , San for General EducationProgramCodeTitleCreditsA.

4 Basic Skills Category (12)1. Written CommunicatonFour units chosen from:4 ENG 104 AStretch Composition IIIENG 104 BStretch Composition III for Multilingual StudentsENG 106 AAccelerated Stretch Composition IIENG 106 BAccelerated Stretch Composition II for MultilingualStudentsENG 107 Advanced First-Year Composition2. Oral CommunicationFour units chosen from:4 COMM 120 Oral CommunicationHON 104 CLanguage and Meaning: Oral Communication *3. MathematicsOne course listed in the mathematics section of the natural sciencesbreadth area (category B1)4. Critical ThinkingFour units chosen from the following:4 COMM 180 Critical Thinking Through ArgumentationHON 104 ALanguage and Meaning: Critical Thinking *MATH 180 Critical Thinking Through Applications ofMathematical LogicPHIL 105 Critical Thinking Through Argument AnalysisPHIL 200 Critical Thinking Through symbolic LogicPSYC 105 Critical Thinking Through Problems AnalysisSOC 180 Critical Thinking about Social ProblemsTotal Units12*Open only to students accepted into the University Honors Natural Sciences Breadth Area (20)1.

5 MathematicsFour units chosen from:4 MATH 110 College Algebra *MATH 111 BAccelerated Stretch College Algebra BMATH 112 CStretch College Algebra CMATH 115 The Ideas of Mathematics *MATH 116 BAccelerated Stretch Ideas of Math BMATH 117 CStretch Ideas of Math CMATH 120 Pre-Calculus Mathematics *MATH 165 Introductory Statistics and Hypothesis Testing (GEcredit for Nursing majors only)MATH 192 Methods of CalculusMATH 211 Basic Concepts of Calculus2. Life SciencesFive units chosen from:5 BIOL 100 Topics in BiologyBIOL 202 Biology of PopulationsHSCI 120 Health and Society: An Ecological Approach3. Physical SciencesA minimum of five units chosen from:5 ASTR 103 Descriptive AstronomyCHEM 100 Chemistry in the Modern WorldCHEM 205 Fundamentals of Chemistry I: General ChemistryCHEM 215 General Chemistry I: Atomic Structure andChemical BondingGEOG 103 Physical Geography2 General Education ProgramGEOL 101 Introductory GeologyPHYS 100 Physics in the Modern WorldPHYS 121 Basic Concepts of Physics IPHYS 221 General Physics I4.

6 Special Topics in Science and TechnologyTwo units chosen from:2 BIOL 216 Genetics and SocietyBIOL 217 Biology of Sexually Transmitted DiseasesCHEM 105 Chemicals in Our EnvironmentCSE 122 BioinformaticsCSE 129 Science, Computing and SocietyCSE 208 Introduction to Computer Engineering DesignGEOL 205 Volcanic Hazards, Surveillance and PredictionGEOL 210 Earthquakes: Science and Public Policy5. Integrative Capstone in the Natural SciencesFour units chosen from:4 CSE 408 Sustainable Engineering DesignNSCI 300 Science and TechnologyNSCI 310 The Environment and Human SurvivalNSCI 314 Life in the CosmosNSCI 315 Natural DisastersNSCI 320 EnergyNSCI 325 Perspectives on Gender (also counts in categoryG1) **NSCI 351 Health and Human EcologyNSCI 360 Legacy of LifeTotal Units20*MATH 110, MATH 111B, MATH 112C, MATH 115, MATH 116B,MATH 117C, and MATH 120 must be completed with a grade of"C-" ( ) or better**Note: Students may receive credit for only one of the followingcourses: HUM 325, NSCI 325, SSCI 325 CodeTitleCreditsC.

7 Humanities Breadth Area (20)1. ArtsFour units chosen from:4 ART 200 Studies in ArtHUM 180 The Art of FilmMUS 180 Studies in MusicTA 260 Introduction to Theatre2. LiteratureFour units chosen from:4 ENG 110 World Literature IENG 111 World Literature IIENG 160 World DramaENG 170 Studies in LiteratureTA 160 World DramaTA 212 Oral Interpretation of Literature3. Foreign Language or Literature in Translation *Four units chosen from:4 ARAB 103 College Arabic IIIARAB 201 Intermediate Arabic IARAB 202 Intermediate Arabic IIARAB 203 Intermediate Arabic IIIARAB 214 Conversation in ArabicARAB 290 Arabic Literature in TranslationASL 103 American Sign Language IIIASL 201 American Sign Language IVASL 202 American Sign Language VASL 203 American Sign Language VICHIN 103 College Chinese IIICHIN 201 Second Year College Chinese ICHIN 202 Second Year College Chinese IICHIN 203 Second Year College Chinese IIICHIN 214 Conversation in ChineseCHIN 290 Chinese Literature in TranslationFLAN 103A-ULanguage Study IIIFLAN 201A-USecond Year Language Study IFLAN 202A-USecond Year Language Study IIFLAN 203A-USecond Year Language Study IIIFREN 103 College French IIIFREN 200 Culture and CommunicationFREN 201 Culture and

8 Communication IIFREN 202 Culture and Communication IIIFREN 290 French Literature in EnglishGER 103 College German IIIGER 212 CompositionGER 214 ConversationGER 216 Introduction to Literary TextsGER 290 German Literature in EnglishJAPN 103 College Japanese IIIJAPN 201 Second Year College Japanese IJAPN 202 Second Year College Japanese IIJAPN 203 Second Year College Japanese IIIJAPN 214 Conversation in JapaneseJAPN 290 Japanese Literature in TranslationKOR 103 College Korean IIIKOR 201 Second Year College Korean IKOR 202 Second Year College Korean IIKOR 203 Second Year College Korean IIIKOR 214 Conversation in KoreanPERS 103 College Persian IIIPERS 201 Intermediate Persian IPERS 202 Intermediate Persian IIPERS 290 Persian Literature in TranslationSPAN 103 College Spanish IIISPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish ISPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish IISPAN 203 Intermediate Spanish IIISPAN 214 ConversationSPAN 290 Spanish and Latin American Literature in English4.

9 PhilosophyFour units chosen from:4 General Education Program 3 HON 104 BLanguage and Meaning: Introduction to Philosophy**PHIL 190 Introduction to Philosophical IssuesPHIL 191 Introduction to EthicsPHIL 192 Introduction to Philosophy of ReligionPHIL 193 Introduction to Eastern PhilosophyPHIL 194 Introduction to Knowledge and Reality5. Integrative Capstone in the HumanitiesFour units chosen from:4 HUM 319 Myth, Metaphor and SymbolHUM 325 Perspectives on Gender (also counts in categoryG1) **HUM 328 Asian Cultural Traditions (also counts in categoryG1)HUM 330 Arts and IdeasHUM 335 The Origin and Contemporary Role of LatinoCulture (also counts in category G1)HUM 340 Interpretation and ValuesHUM 344 Ideas in American CultureHUM 350 The Cultures of American Childhood (also countsin category G1)HUM 370 African Heritage in the Arts (also counts incategory G1)HUM 375 The World of Islam (also counts in category G1)HUM 380 Comparative Studies in the Arts.

10 East and West(also counts in category G1)HUM 385A Cultural History of FashionTotal Units20*The following rules apply to challenging a course for credit toward courses at the 103-level or higher may be challenged; wishing to challenge a language not offered at this universitymust present evidence of an official ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview(OPI) where they must achieve a level of Intermediate (ACTFL Stage 2) orabove. The student must pay all necessary fees and make all necessaryarrangements for the taking of the test and for the official reporting of theresults to the Department of World Languages and Literatures; whose language of instruction in secondary school was notEnglish may satisfy this category by submitting official academic transcriptsthat show completion of secondary school in a country in which thelanguage with which they wish to meet the foreign language requirementwas the medium of instruction.